Dr Maxime Taquet: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- clinical psychiatrist at the University of Oxford
- Quoted on
- Dementia, Heart disease & stroke
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 19 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Teamed up with John Todd to study Shingrix, a newer and more potent shingles vaccine”
What Dr Maxime Taquet has said
“If confirmed in clinical trials, vaccinating older adults against shingles could prevent hundreds of thousands of coronary heart diseases, strokes and cases of heart failure worldwide, making it one of the most impactful interventions we could offer to protect both the brain and the heart in later life. The effect might be enormous.”
clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 30 Sept 2026 · Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds ↗
“If Shingrix does drive these differences, it "could prevent hundreds of thousands of cardiovascular events in the USA alone."”
clinical psychiatrist at the University of Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 30 Sept 2026 · Shingles vaccine linked to reduced heart risks ↗
“Having already shown that this vaccine is linked to a lower risk of dementia, we now find it may also protect the heart. If confirmed in clinical trials, vaccinating older adults against shingles could prevent hundreds of thousands of coronary heart diseases, strokes and cases of heart failure worldwide, making it one of the most impactful interventions we could offer to protect both the brain and the heart in later life.”
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 30 Sept 2026 · Shingles vaccine linked to a lower risk of heart failure, stroke and heart disease ↗
“We found that Shingrix appears to protect against cardiovascular disease in both women and men. And we found that the protective association was most pronounced for ischemic heart disease and heart failure, but less so for ischemic stroke, where the effect was not sensitively significant. It was, however, significant in males.”
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 30 Sept 2026 · Shingles vaccine could protect against stroke and heart disease, study finds ↗
“Having already shown that this vaccine is linked to a lower risk of dementia, we now find it may also protect the heart. If confirmed in clinical trials, vaccinating older adults against shingles could prevent hundreds of thousands of coronary heart diseases, strokes and cases of heart failure worldwide, making it one of the most impactful interventions we could offer to protect both the brain and the heart in later life.”
Associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford · Heart disease & stroke · 10 Sept 2026 · Shingles vaccine linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease ↗
Where Dr Maxime Taquet has been quoted
- ‘I want to do everything I can to head off dementia’: why demand for the shingles vaccine is soaringtheguardian.com · 19 Oct 2026
- Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study findstheguardian.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Shingles vaccine linked to reduced heart risksscience.org · 30 Sept 2026
- Shingles vaccine linked to a lower risk of heart failure, stroke and heart diseasethepharmacist.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Shingles vaccine could protect against stroke and heart disease, study findsnews.sky.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Shingles vaccine linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular diseasepulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
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